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  • Page 1 KB-iii 61 KEY ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD User Manual...
  • Page 3 Warnings WARNING! du bor. Éviter d’utiliser des piles neuves et des piles usagées en même temps Do not open cover. No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel Batterier må ikke udsættes for stærk varme som direkte sollys, ild eller lignende. Éviter d’utiliser des types de piles différents en même temps Do not place the product in a location near a heat source such as a radiator, or in an area subject to direct Eksplosionsfare hvis batteriet udskiftet med en forkert type.
  • Page 4 Warnings Åpne flammer, som f.eks. tente lys, bør ikke plasseres på produktet. VÝSTRAHA! No exponga las pilas a fuentes de calor excesivo como luz solar directa o llamas. Tillat tilstrekkelig luftsirkulasjon og unngå å blokkere ventiler (hvis tilstede) for å forhindre intern Neotvárajte kryt.
  • Page 5 61 Key Electronic Keyboard Thank you for purchasing the KB-iii Electronic Keyboard. To get the most out of your product, please read this manual carefully. FEATURES • 61-Key Electronic Keyboard • Touch Sensitive Keys • 618 Voices and 200 Rhythm Styles •...
  • Page 6 Overview...
  • Page 7 Overview 1. POWER SWITCH 12. REWIND / FILL A 23. LCD DISPLAY Turns the power on or off. In Song Mode = Starts or stops playing the song. Displays all information related to current operation. In Style Mode = Starts or stops playing the style. 2.

  • Page 8: Rear Panel

    Rear Panel 34. HEADPHONES 38. MIC 1/4” jack output to connect headphones. 1/4” jack input to connect a microphone (not supplied). 35. SUSTAIN PEDAL 39. USB 1/4” jack input for connecting a sustain pedal (not supplied). USB port used for connecting to a computer for USB MIDI. 36.
  • Page 9 Display 1. Accompaniment/Melody 1-5 7. Chord 13. Learning Grade Level/Left-Hand/Right-Hand 2. Voice/Style/Demo/Song/Album 8. Measure/Beat 14. Sustain/Harmony/Touch 1-3 3. Number Display 9. Tempo/Memory/One Touch System (O.T.S)/Bank 15. Album 4. Information, Menus and Current Parameters 10. DSP/Dual/Lower 16. Intelligent Learning 5. Performance Assistant Low/Performance Assistant High 11.

  • Page 10: Restore Factory Settings

    Power POWER SETTING UP A MUSIC STAND RESTORE FACTORY SETTINGS 001 GRAND PIANO 060 VIBRAPHONE 077 DRAWBAR ORGAN 101 HARMONICA 165 VIOLIN The keyboard can be powered using the included 12V power supply, or A music stand is supplied with the keyboard and can be easily attached Press and hold the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons simultaneously when with 6 x AA batteries (not included.) Please pay attention to the correct by inserting it into the slots on the front panel as shown.
  • Page 11 SUSTAIN OUTPUT INPUT SUSTAIN OUTPUT INPUT Connections SUSTAIN OUTPUT INPUT OVERDRIVE AUX IN INPUT GAIN HIGH GA-15 VOLUME SUSTAIN OUTPUT INPUT SUSTAIN PEDAL AUDIO OUTPUT CONNECTING A COMPUTER SUSTAIN OUTPUT INPUT SUSTAIN OUTPUT INPUT An optional foot pedal (not supplied) can be connected to the SUSTAIN The OUTPUT jack connects the output of the instrument to external Use a standard USB cable (not included) to connect the keyboard PEDAL jack and, when pressed, will cause the key sounds to decay...

  • Page 12: Main Controls

    Main Controls POWER SWITCH MASTER VOLUME PLAYING DEMO SONGS Before switching on the instrument, ensure the volume is set to Move the volume slider upwards to increase, and downwards to To play the in-built demo songs (see demo list for more details) hold minimum and connect any external audio equipment.

  • Page 13: Selecting A Voice

    Voices SELECTING A VOICE DUAL MODE To exit this mode, press the [DUAL] button again. The keyboard has 618 different voices (refer to voice list appendix for The DUAL function allows two different voices to be played LOWER MODE details.) Press the [VOICE] button to enter the voice mode. The display simultaneously.

  • Page 14: Playing Songs

    046 FUNK EP 063 MARIMBA 098 ACORDION 106 ACOUSTIC GUITAR 184 STRINGS 204 ORCHESTRA HIT 224 BRASS 254 OBOE 274 SWEET FLUTE 547 PIANO & STRING PAD 209 TRUMPET 242 SOPRANO SAX 266 CLARINET 284 PAN FLUTE 610 STANDARD KIT VOICE Styles/Playing Songs STYLES...
  • Page 15 SONG Effects / NO / YES RECORD TOUCH You can record your performances and save up to 5 user songs. The touch response feature dynamically controls the level of the keyboard’s response, allowing you to find the ideal level of key response Hold down the [SHIFT] button and press the [BANK/RECORD] button to to suit your playing style.

  • Page 16: Pitch Bend

    Effects SUSTAIN PITCH BEND MODULATION To start the sustain function, press and hold the SHIFT button and then Using the pitch bend wheel can add smooth changes to notes being When held down, the modulation button applies a vibrato effect to the press the [SUSTAIN] button.

  • Page 17: Piano Mode

    Effects OCTAVE PIANO MODE METRONOME This function allows you to raise or lower the pitch of the keyboard by This function allows you to quickly return to the default piano sound. Press the [METRONOME] button to start and stop the metronome and an octave.

  • Page 18: Auto Accompaniment

    Auto Accompaniment The auto accompaniment feature puts a whole backing band at your fingertips. In this mode, all you have to do is play the chords with your left hand and the accompaniment will automatically play along in the style selected, instantly following the chords you play. AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT (ALL TRACKS) In Style mode, use the data dial or the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select the required style to be played.

  • Page 19: Playing Different Accompaniment Sections

    Auto Accompaniment ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS PLAYING DIFFERENT ACCOMPANIMENT SECTIONS There are various types of Auto Accompaniments sections that allow Press the [STYLE] button and select the required rhythm using the you to vary the arrangement of the accompaniment being played: data dial, the [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons or the style Quick Selection buttons.

  • Page 20: Accompaniment Volume

    Auto Accompaniment FADE ACCOMPANIMENT VOLUME ONE TOUCH SETTINGS Styles can be started and finished with a fade, producing a smoother The accompaniment volume can be adjusted, to keep the desired When One Touch Setting (O.T.S) is enabled, you can instantly recall auto performance.
  • Page 21 Harmony HARMONY This function will automatically add harmony notes to the notes you play in the right-hand section of the keyboard, complementing your performance. To enable this feature, press the [HARMONY] button until “Duet” is displayed. To choose a different harmony type, please refer to the harmony settings in the function menu.

  • Page 22: Performance Assistant

    Performance Assistant PERFORMANCE ASSISTANT GUITAR KEY MAP PIANO KEY MAP The keyboard features a “performance assistant” mode, featuring both This key map diagram shows how the different key sections are arranged This key map diagram shows how the different key sections are guitar and piano options, and allows various complex chord phrases to in the guitar mode.
  • Page 23 The DSP (digital signal processing) effect adds ambience and depth to the sounds of the keyboard. Hold down [SHIFT] and then press the [DSP] button to turn the effect on or off. This function is turned on by default. Reverb and Chorus effects can also be added, accessed through the function menu.
  • Page 24 EQ/Mixer MIXER There are 6 in-built EQ presets, as shown in the table, allowing you to The mixer function can be used to adjust the individual tracks of your further shape the desired sounds to suit your performances. performances. Press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to select the EQ type menu. Press the [MIXER] button repeatedly to scroll through the available The display will show the default setting: “006 EQ Reset.”...

  • Page 25: Pedal Functions

    Pedal Functions When using a foot pedal (not included) there are 4 functions that can be assigned to the pedal: 1. Sustain The pedal acts like a damper pedal on an acoustic piano, sustaining the notes played when pressed/held down. 2.

  • Page 26: Function Menu

    Pedal Functions To enter the Function menu, press the [FUNCTION] button repeatedly to FUNCTION MENU scroll through the available menu options. The selected function will be Content LCD display Range Default shown on the display. Use the data dial or [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to change the parameters, as detailed in the table opposite: Tune xxx Tune...

  • Page 27: Memory Settings

    Pedal Functions MEMORY SETTINGS The keyboard has 8 memory banks, with each bank having 6 memories (M1-M6) allowing you to easily save and instantly recall your panel settings. To store a panel setting, hold down the [STORE] button and then press the desired memory button [M1-M6].

  • Page 28: Selecting Tracks

    Recording With the song recording feature, you can record your own keyboard SELECTING TRACKS The track indicators on the display have three states: blinking, light on performances and store up to 5 user songs. Each user song can be or light off. recorded with 6 tracks (1 ACCOMP track and 5 MELODY tracks).
  • Page 29 Recording Stopping recording will automatically enter the song mode and the In recording standby mode, hold down the [SHIFT] button and then display will show “UserSong” and the user song number. press the [RECORD] button for two seconds, the display will show the prompt “Delete?”...

  • Page 30: Listening To Songs

    Songs The keyboard has a variety of in-built songs. Each song can be played back and also practised in the Intelligent Learning System. LISTENING TO SONGS To enter the song mode, press the [SONG] button. The display will show “SONG” and all songs will start playing in a loop. Use the data dial or [-/NO] and [+/YES] buttons to select a song.
  • Page 31 LCD Display Grade Level Very Easy Intelligent Learning System Easy Medium Hard Very Hard The built-in intelligent learning mode provides a variety of ways to help The contents of each lesson are shown in the following table: you learn new songs. It smartly tailors the lessons for you and tracks your progress.

  • Page 32: Prompt Message

    INTELLIGENT LEARNING Intelligent Learning System INTELLIGENT LEARNING The various parts of a song will be learned in lessons 1-6, before During lessons 2, 4 and 6, the focus will be on timing as well as pitch. learning the whole song in lesson 7. Also, during the lessons, the If you repeatedly score less than 80 points, the system will reduce the instrument will pick out those phrases that you are not so familiar with tempo of the period/phrase being learnt to enable slower practice.

  • Page 33: Chord Dictionary

    Chord Dictionary The chord dictionary function can be used to improve and test your Chords will be displayed in the dictionary mode as follows: chord knowledge. PROMPT MESSAGE DICT 1 (CHORD LEARNING MODE) Note Chord Note Chord Note Chord Root Type Type Hold down the [SHIFT] button, and then press the [DICT.] button to enter...

  • Page 34: Voice List

    Voice List Name LCD Name Electric Piano 2 E.Piano2 Vibraphone (wide) VibraW Electric Piano 3 E.Piano3 Marimba Marimba PIANO Acoustic Grand Piano GrandPno Electric Piano 4 E.Piano4 Marimba 2 Marimba2 Acoustic Grand Piano 2 GrandPn2 Electric Piano 1 (velocity mix) E.PnoV1 Marimba (wide) MarimbaW...
  • Page 35 Voice List Detuned Church Organ DeChuOrg Electric Guitar (muted) MutedGtr Synth Bass 3 SynBass3 Reed Organ ReedOrgn Electric Guitar (muted) 2 MutedGt2 Synth Bass 4 SynBass4 Reed Organ 2 ReedOrg2 Electric Guitar (funky cutting) FunkGt Warm Synth Bass WarmBass Rotary Organ RotyOrgn Electric Guitar (muted velo-sw) MutVelGt...
  • Page 36 Voice List String Ensembles 3 Strings3 Muted Trumpet MuteTrp Tenor Sax 2 TenoSax2 String Ensembles 4 Strings4 Muted Trumpet 2 MuteTrp2 Tenor Sax 3 TenoSax3 Strings & Brass Str&Bras Muted Trumpet 3 MuteTrp3 Baritone Sax BariSax 60's Strings 60'sStr French Horn FrHorn Baritone Sax 2 BariSax2...
  • Page 37 Voice List Recorder Recorder Lead 4 (chiff) 2 ChiffLd2 Quint Quint Recorder 2 Recorde2 Lead 4 (chiff) 3 ChiffLd3 SYNTH PAD 2 Recorders 2Records Lead 5 (charang) CharanLd Pad 1 (new age) NewAge Pan Flute PanFlute Lead 5 (charang) 2 CharaLd2 Pad 1 (new age) 2 NewAge2...
  • Page 38 Voice List Soft Pulse Width Modulation + Fourth PWM4thSf FX 7 (echo bell) 2 EchoBel2 Castanets Castanet Synth Calliope Soft SynCalSf FX 7 (echo bell) 3 EchoBel3 Castanets 2 Castant2 Soft Vox SoftVox FX 8 (sci-fi) Sci-Fi Taiko Drum TaikoDrm 5th SawWave 5thSaw FX 8 (sci-fi) 2...
  • Page 39 Voice List Pedal Hi-hat PedalHH Mute Surdo MuSurdo Car Stop CarStop Open Hi-hat OpenHH Open Surdo OpSurdo Car Pass CarPass Crash Cymbal CrashCym Melodic Tom MeloTom Car Crash CarCrash Analogue Cymbal AnaCym Melodic Tom 2 MeloTom2 Siren Siren Ride Cymbal RideCym Synth Drum SynDrum...
  • Page 40 Voice List Heart Beat HeartBet Acoustic Guitar & Flute Gtr&Flut Oboe & Clarinet & Bassoon Ob&Cl&Bn Footsteps Footstep Acoustic Guitar & Clavi Gtr&Clav Oboe Octave OboeOct Gunshot Gunshot 24 String Guitar 24StrGtr Oboe & Clarinet Octave Ob&ClOct Machine Gun MachnGun Steel Guitar &...

  • Page 41: Style List

    Style List Name LCD Name Pop Shuffle PopShfl ROCK Rock Rock 8 BEAT POP & BALLAD 8Beat Ballad 8BtBld Pop Rock 1 PopRock1 New Wave NewWave 8Beat Piano 8BtPiano Pop Dance 1 PopDanc1 8Beat 1 8Beat1 Pop Fusion PopFusn Pop Rock 2 PopRock2 Guitar Pop 1 GtPop1...
  • Page 42 Style List Samba 1 Samba1 R&B R&B Paso Doble Pasodobl Samba 2 Samba2 British Soul Pop BritSoul Lite Bossa LteBossa Jive Jive Latin Jazz 1 LatinJz1 Latin Rock LatinRck Foxtrot FoxTrot Big Band 1 BigBand1 Beguine 3 Beguine3 DANCE Dixieland 1 Dixland1 Slow Bolero SlBolero...
  • Page 43 Style List WORLD MUSIC Enka Ballad EnkaBald Laendler Laendler Hawaiian Hawaiian Sirtake Sirtake Dangdut Dangdut 6/8 Flipper 6/8Flipp New Age NewAge Tarantella Tarantel Scottish Scottish Norteno Norteno PIANIST Pianist 1 Waltz Pianist 2 OldWaltz Pianist 3 EngWaltz Piano Rock GemWaltz Pop Bossa ItaMazuk Piano Beat...
  • Page 44 Song List Name LCD Name Can’t Help Falling In Love InLove Moldau Moldau Chanson Du Toreador Toreador Summertime Summer FOLK & COUNTRY Toccata Toccata Danny Boy DannyBoy Dreaming Of Home And Mother Dreaming Carry Me Back To Old Virginny Virginny Ich Liebe Dich LieDich Ring Ring De Banjo...
  • Page 45 Song List Santa Lucia SantaLuc Hanon Piano Fingering 3 Hanon3 Solveig's Song Solveig Hanon Piano Fingering 4 Hanon4 Piano Sonatan No. 8 In C Minor Patheque Hanon Piano Fingering 5 Hanon5 Brahms Waltz BrmsWltz Basic Tutorial Beyer Piano 12 Beyer12 Aida Aida Basic Tutorial Beyer Piano 13...

  • Page 46: Album List

    Album List Name LCD Name Besame Mucho Besame Dominique Dominiqu 13 Jours En France 13France Beyond The Reef BeyndRef Dream Dream A Lover's Concerto Concerto Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo Bibbidi Dream Tango DremTngo A Time For Us Timeus Bittersweet Samba Bitsweet Ebb Tide EbbTide A Whiter Shade Of Pale...
  • Page 47 Album List Hey Jude HeyJude Kiss Of Fire KissFire Mockin'bird Hill BirdHill Historia De Un Amor Historia La Chanson D'orphee D'Orphee Moliendo Coffee Coffee Home On The Range HomeRnge La Contessa Scalza Scalza Moody River ModyRivr Home Sweet Home SwetHome La Cucaracha Cucarach Moon River...
  • Page 48 Album List On The Beach At Bali-Bali BaliBali Serenade Serenade The Exodus Song Exodus One Way Ticket To The Blues OWTickts Serenata Rimpiant Serenata The Eyes Of Love EyesLove Only You OnlyYou Siboney Siboney The Girl From Ipanema Ipanema Over The Rainbow Rainbow Silent Night SltNight...
  • Page 49 Album List Unchained Melody Melody Valse Des Fleurs Fleurs Vaya Con Dios VayaDios Venus Venus Washington Square Washnton Waves Of The Danube Danube Wedding March Wedding When You And I Were Young, Maggie YoungMag Where The Boys Are WhereBoy Whispering Hope Whisper Wiegenlied Wieglied...

  • Page 50: Specifications

    Specifications Keys ......61 Touch Sensitive Keys Polyphony ..... . 64 Note Voices .
  • Page 52 If you have any more questions about this product, please do not hesitate to contact the Gear4music Customer Service Team on: +44 (0) 330 365 4444 or info@gear4music.com KETTLESTRING LANE | YORK | YO30 4XF | UNITED KINGDOM • LAHNSTRAßE 27 | 45478 MÜLHEIM AN DER RUHR | DEUTSCHLAND • WWW.GEAR4MUSIC.COM...

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